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Published on : November 12 2019
Last modified on : July 09 2025
Alert submitted by: Ricardo Caprio
The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co. is located at 980 Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, between Peel and Robert-Bourassa. Built in 1935 to plans by architects T. Pringle & Son for the Fairbanks-Morse company, known in the 19th and 20th centuries as a manufacturer of train locomotives and windmills, the building is today threatened with demolition by the current owners, who have plans to develop the property.
Tenants have begun receiving notices of eviction and non-renewal of their leases. The building will be vacant within two years, and plans are to demolish it and replace it with a 34-storey residential block. Since this building is one of the last representatives of its era, it would be a shame to demolish it completely to make way for a new development.
The building was ultimately demolished in 2022, and a new construction project began that same year.
980 rue saint antoine ouest
Ville-Marie
Urban Development
Point Zero Real Estate
No upkeep
Demand for land, speculation
Demolition
T. Pringle & Sons
Point Zero Real Estate
Commercial
1935
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